Abstract:
A study was undertaken to evaluate the fruit quality of twenty pineapple
varieties during the fruiting season of 1975-76 at the Pineapple Research
Centre, Vellanikkara, Trichur. In fruit weight, Kew was found to be far superior
to all other varieties except Smooth Cayenne. But in certain other dessert
qualities like colour and texture of flesh, flavour, sweetness and T. S. S. varieties
like Mauritius, McGregor, Ripley Queen, Queen and Valerabalanga were found
to be superior to Kew. The variety Valerabanga was found to show a superior
sugar-acid blend as compared to Kew. This suggests its use as a parent
material in breeding works for further improvement of Kew.
